𝕀 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪,

His whole life, all 23 year old Tatum knew was pain. When he was younger his mother would inflict pain on him in every way imaginable. With no father or immediate family he was forced to endure all that was thrown his way. All Tatum knew was hurt. Now as an adult man, Tatum still struggles with the problems from his childhood. He doesn't love the same until he meets 21 year old Nyla. Will Nyla change Tatum for the better or fall under the list of his abusers?

𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑; 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑂ℎ𝑘𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑆𝑚𝑖𝑡ℎ; 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑚𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑙𝑦𝑛- 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘'𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠, 𝑎 𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑀𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 17-

kis·met /ˈkizmit,ˈkizˌmet/ noun destiny; fate. how do you know when you've met your soulmate?

"And it doesn't matter how much time passed or how much time will pass-it's him. It always has been him and it always will be him...I just don't know how to tell him," When it's more than a like, and they're more than a friend. When they know you better than you know yourself and just the thought of them is all you need to put a smile on your face-telling your best friend you're in love with them should be simple. Right?

𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘵 #2 in romance - 24/11/21 #3 in love - 24/11/21

𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒐. ♡ © 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 | 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙴𝙻𝚁𝚄𝙽𝚃𝚉

𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒. 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴- #𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦𝗘𝗬 𝗛𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗟𝗘

There was a woman Born from a lotus Her heart was golden Deep as the ocean Until this one man He came and broke it Til it was open Just like a lotus Oh yes, There were explosions She found her focus The beast awoken.. - Jhené Aiko

A promise. It seems like the simplest thing in the world to keep. But so often, they're broken, empty and hollow. They seem like the easiest thing in the world to believe, but after the words are left out to bleed, after they leave you waiting and wanting, after all the emptiness and hollow words-how are you going to believe the one who actually say what they mean?